Two former Parramatta Eels players are accused of harbouring semi-automatic weapons and possessing more than half-a-million dollars in cash after dramatic arrests in Sydney's Centennial Park yesterday.

Female teacher in court over sex with boy

A Perth schoolteacher has appeared in court accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old former pupil.

Shyamala Palihakkara, 35, appeared briefly in Perth Magistrates Court on Tuesday charged with five counts of sexual penetration of a child under 16, and three counts of indecent dealing with a child under 16.

The offences allegedly occurred in 2008, when she developed a friendship with the boy, then 13, who was a student at a school east of Perth.

Child Abuse Squad detectives will allege the friendship continued via phone and email after the boy moved schools the following year.

The contact took on a sexual nature and a physical relationship started in 2009, police will allege.

Chief Magistrate Stephen Heath was told the charges would have to be dealt with in the District Court.